Grade 8 History Flashcards Test 1
What is the Age of Exploration?
It is a period in time between the 15th and 17th century where many Europe Countries started to explore and expand
What is Plymouth?
Plymouth is the mayflower first landed and where the Pilgrims first stayed
The year was 1620 through 1691
What is Jamestown?
James town is an English settlement in North America and It was founded in 1607 and served as the capital of the Virginia colony for over 80 years
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence is a document that states the principles on which the government, and our identity as Americans, are based
It was made 1776, July 4
Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft but multiple people signed it
It was main to declare independence from Britain
They were declaring independence from Britain because Britain wouldn’t treat the colonies with respect
What is the First Continental Congress?
The First Continental Congress was a meeting that Delegates from the 12 out of 13 British American colonies, that met to discuss America’s future.
The year was 1774
The outcome of the First Continental Congress was mot independence but it passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774
What is small pox?
Small pox is a disease that causes sores to appear on your body and leak with puss
It had a big outbreak in the American Revolution between 1775-1783
4/5 soldiers would get small pox but George Washington would infect his soldiers so it spread faster and be less lethal, after Washington plans for small pox 1/50 soldiers died form it
Who was Patrick Henry?
Patrick Henry was the Governor of Virginia in 1776 and later was a member of the First Continental Congress
He was born in 1736 and died in 1799
Who was Ben Franklin?
Ben Franklin was the man who found out electricity, he also was a founding father, and he was an attendant at the First Continental Congress
He was a huge part in the American Revolution because he was the first person who thought of independence
He was born in 1706 and died in 1790
Who were Hessians?
Hessians were 30,000 German men that were hired by the British army to fight during the American Revolution
900 Hessians were captured by American shoulders, 23% of Hessians stayed in America after the war
What was the stamp act?
The Stamp act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards
Britain reinforced this act to pay for the soldiers that were in the colonies protecting them
What was the Sugar act?
The Sugar Act provided a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources
What was the Townshed act?
The Townshed act was a increase in tax for glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
What are Milita and Minute men?
Milita is an group of untrained soldiers and minute men are a group of men that are ready to go into war with minute notice
Who is Paul Revere?
Paul Revere was a member of the Sons of Liberty, and he was the one that rode his horse and warned everybody of the British invasion right before the battle of Lexington
What was the Battle of Lexington?
The Battle of Lexington was the first battle of the American Revolution, it was the start of the American Revolution
It took place Massachusetts April 19, 1775
